African Americans Black History Month   Our Lessons Civil Rights Movement: Segregation (Lesson Plan (2-3 days) with Supporting Material (Original Stories: 1935 Back of the Bus, 1945 Welcome Home, 1955 Rosa Parks) All About Kwanzaa Harlem Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes  (3-4 days, see also Poetry Slam) Lesson Idea: CELEBRATE Black History - African American Awareness Month First, have the kids each create a BioBoard about a famous African American. Hang the finished bioboards in your classroom. Do this towards the end of Jan, or during the first week in Feb. Meet the "Boards" - Select one or two "boards" per class, all month long. Have each author introduce their "friend" - whoever they selected to feature on their bioboard - to the class. Each presentation should be about 1-2 minutes. (When you present your "friend", pretend you know them. Introduce your friend with warmth and delight. Use words like Honor, Courage, Generosity of Spirit, Talent, Success, Achievement) African-American History FREE Presentations in PowerPoint format  & Free Activities for Kids African American History Month Black History Month, Activities for Kids (Scholastic)   Yakaberry - Free Reading Hour Lesson Plans & Activities for Tots, Toddlers, Preschool, and School Age African America Odyssey: A Quest for Full Citizenship Lesson Plans from Philadelphia Schools Africans in America AFRO-American Almanac Boston Museum of Afro American History African American Mosaic Black History Month Webquests Black History Pages Black History Quest Links Black History Month - Crossword Puzzle Black History: Past to Present (Interactive Web Treasure Hunt) Black History Month (scroll down to lessons and activities online) Black History Month (Awesome Library)   Stamp on Black History (Thinkquest)   The Dred Scott Case A Civil Rights Sojourn Africana.com -- Gateway to the Black World Slavery in America The Amistad Case: A Mock Trial - 1839, Slavery The Amistad Case: Teaching Activities Teaching with documents: The Amistad Case Amistad Slavery Links The Atlantic Slave Trade and Slave Life in the Americas: A Visual Record History/Slavery UNITS   Slavery 1840 through 1960   Black Resistance - Slavery in the US Civil War & Reconstruction The Civil War & Slavery The Civil War  Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad After Reconstruction: Problems of African Americans in the South The Rise & Fall of Jim Crow Jim Crow Background "Jim Crow" Laws From Jim Crow to Linda Brown - the African-American Experience (Library of Congress) Black Boy by Richard Wright 20th Century Black or White - Environment of the 20's and 30's The Scottsboro Boys - 1931 The Tuskegee Airmen Tuskegee Tragedy This is our War - WWII The Black Panther Party The Million Man March African American History and Heritage Site National Organization of Blacks in Government Gateway to African American History African and African American K-12 Educational Resources Units on African American Culture Mosaic America: Patterns of Racism Racism in American Political Culture NAACP Homepage Institute for Urban and Minority Education - Information for teachers History/African American UNITS African American History Units on African-American Culture The African American mosaic (Study of Black History & Culture) Patchwork of African-American Life Activities African American History and Culture   African Art and Culture Civil Rights Movement   Civil Rights: Segregation (Donn, 2-3 days) Back of the Bus Welcome Home Rosa Parks Riding the Bus, Taking a Stand (1 week unit) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Lesson Plans & Activities (Donn) Civil Rights Timeline Civil Rights Movement UNIT - great! Eyes on the Prize: The Civil Rights Movement UNIT "Separate But Equal is Unconstitutional Under the Law" - A Catalyst for Civil Rights Little Rock 9 (webquest) American Civil Rights Movement Have Minorities Gained Acceptance? (Impact of the civil rights movement) Historic Places of the Civil Rights Movement Civil Rights Movement Unit US Civil Rights in the 1960s (HS) Civil Rights Movement - Comparing to issues today Civil Rights Units  Famous African Americans Heroes of Black American History (Kyrene)   Black History Month (Biography on A&E) Booker T Washington UNIT   Barbara Jordan UNIT Rosa Louis Parks & Rosa Parks Ruby Bridges Sojourner Truth (Women's Suffrage Movement)   Mary McLeod Bethune (African-American educator) Andrew Young Frederick Douglass Mini-Unit George Washington Carver Mini-Unit Booker T. Washington and W.E.B. Dubois (celebrated debate) Jackie Robinson - Interactive Famous African Americans (Thinkquest) Martin Luther King, Jr Rosa Parks Harriet Tubman African American Literature Anansi Tales and other stories from Africa (lessons, fables - Donn) African-American Story Tellers UNIT (5-8th grade) Black Folktales   African American Myths and Fables African American Poets Lessons (grades 10-12) Literature & Life: The Givens Collection Examining African-American Culture Through the Use of Children’s Literature A Teacher's Guide to Afro-American Children's Literature and History Opening Doors to Social Studies with Children's Literature: Take Seat or Get off the Bus See Also: Children's Literature A-Z Guide Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance/ Poetry of Langston Hughes (Donn, 3-4 days) Reflections (Score) Poetry of Langston Hughes Harlem (1900-1940) with Teachers Guide Harlem Renaissance (HS) Interactive Games & Activities Match African Americans with the events that made them famous The Kids Zone Free Kwanzaa Games Free African Crafts  All Rights Reserved Counter start date January 2006     Have a great year!